Part 6Management of inshore fisheries
Chapter 1Inshore fisheries and conservation authorities
Byelaws
I1158Byelaws: supplementary provision
1
The power to make byelaws under section 155 includes power to make different provision for different cases or different circumstances, including (in particular)—
a
different parts of an IFC district;
b
different times of the year;
c
different descriptions of sea fisheries resources.
2
The power to make byelaws under section 155 also includes—
a
power to provide for exceptions or conditions;
b
power to provide for a byelaw to cease to have effect after a specified period.
3
Subject to subsection (5), the provision that may be made by a byelaw under section 155 includes provision that prohibits, restricts or otherwise interferes with the exercise of a right to which subsection (4) applies.
4
This subsection applies to—
a
any right of several fishery;
b
any right on, to or over any portion of the seashore that is enjoyed by a person under a local or special Act, a Royal charter, letters patent, or by prescription or immemorial usage.
5
An IFC authority may make a byelaw that prohibits, or significantly restricts or interferes with, the exercise of a right to which subsection (4) applies only if the person who enjoys the right consents.
6
Subsection (5) does not apply in relation to the exercise of such a right in relation to any of the following sites—
a
a site of special scientific interest, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69);
b
a national nature reserve declared in accordance with section 35 of that Act;
c
a Ramsar site, within the meaning of section 37A of that Act;
d
a European marine site, within the meaning of F1the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012) (see regulation 8) ;
e
a marine conservation zone designated by an order under section 116.
7
In this section “specified” means specified in the byelaw.